How to Implement a Nowcast

Note

Content will be drawn from the companion paper (Sections 4-6: method selection guidance, communicating results, and how-to case studies).

Regardless of the specific challenge or modelling approach, implementing a model to account for reporting issues in surveillance data involves common steps.

1. Assess the data source
2. Analyse delays and delay distributions
3. Understand meaningful strata
4. Implement the model
5. Validate and evaluate
6. Communicate and visualise results

See the case studies for worked examples applying these steps, or browse community examples for implementation examples.